The General Meeting is over ! It gathered ca. 80 participants from 24 different countries.

Thank you for joining us and see you next year !

MecaNano stands for "European Network for the Mechanics of Matter at the Nano-Scale" is a European Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST) Action running 2022-2026. The Action is intended as a broad international cooperation aiming to advance the multiscale understanding of the mechanical behavior of nanostructured materials. By combining the expertise of its participants – from experimentalists to simulation, data management and machine learning experts – it aims to overcome the different bottlenecks limiting the exploration of mechanical size effects. MecaNano provides its members with numerous opportunities to interact and collaborate, e.g. through dedicated workshops, symposia and summer schools, or by funding the mobility between participants.

This First General Meeting will bring together all stakeholders of the MecaNano community in order to discuss scientific progress in our field(s) and plan common activities. We are looking forward to your participation! This meeting is a good opportunity to meet your counterparts of the small-scale mechanical characterization community.

We do not charge a conference fee but you must register on this website in time before the meeting.

The General Meeting is opened to oral and poster contributions related to all topics covered by MecaNano:

• Mechanical size effects and nanoscale deformation mechanisms
• Experimental and simulation investigations, including
  
  • Nanoindentation
  • Nanomechanical testing
  • In-situ testing
  • Advanced characterization methods
  • Atomistic simulations
  • Meso-scale simulations
  • Finite elements
  • Crystalline, amorphous or hybrid materials
• Management of research data in materials science
• Machine learning applications related to the topics above

Regular presentations will be 15 min long including Q&A. Poster size is A0 (portrait orientation is preferred).

Please provide an abstract of max. 250 words until March 10^th, 2023.

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Marc, Marie-Stéphane, Benoit, Jon

If you are not already a MecaNano member, please join us through the e-COST website. The MecaNano membership is fee-free and you are welcome to select as many working groups as you see fit.